The Deep Photographic Guide to the
Constellations

Leo

The constellation of Leo is centered in the above photography
(see lines). It is quite easy to find
in the northern spring sky. The front of leo also resembles nicely
a reversed question mark.

In mid of march the above field culminates at about 23:00 LT (11 pm).
The declination of Leo's boundaries ranges from -6 to +33 degrees.
The most prominent star, seen at lower right, is Regulus, brightest
star of Leo with a visual magnitude of 1.36 mag. Leo is intersected by the
ecliptic, i.e. it lies in the projected plane of our planetary system.
Therefore the planets, our moon and of course also our sun frequently appear
in this region of the sky.

No galactic deep sky objects can be found in the above field, it is
far away from the galactic plane. But a couple of
interesting galaxies join Leo. The
brightest ones can be seen as almost star like objects in the wide
field photography. Two groups are given by bright galaxies, the one of
M 65/66 and the group of M 95/96/105.